Fall Break

Creighton University gives their students not only Spring Break, but also Fall Break.  Dexter and I were so excited!  We got to have Dad for a whole week of fun!  On Monday, we went to Vala's Pumpkin Patch with Kevin, Karen, and their 2 boys Ethan and Alex.  This is no ordinary pumpkin patch either.  It is more like a harvest carnival.  It is 152 acres of harvest fun complete with food, a lot of games, pig races, pumpkin canon, corn maze, hayrack ride, train ride, camels and goats, pumpkin eating dragon, and tons of other fun things!  Next year will be a lot of fun to take Dexter since he'll be older and able to enjoy it more.

Uh Oh, Dexter might need help bailing out his parents

Working our way through the corn maze

This was on our way.  Notice the traffic light. Odd.

On Tuesday, we went for a drive.  We went up the bluffs and took the Loess Hills Scienic Byway.  It was really pretty with all of the trees turning.  We of course did some geocaching along the way and came across a cute church.  It was the countrysideWaubonsie Church.

 

We also stopped in Sydney at Penn Drug.  It is a Soda fountain/Pharmacy that has been run by the same family since the Civil War.  Then we went to the Waubonsie State Park and up to an overlook.  After that, we stopped ant Mincer Orchard roadside stand and bought a cute little pumpkin and some apple cider and cherry cider, YUM!  Dexter enjoyed it more this time too.  We had fun.

                                                        

Wednesday and Thursday were study days.  Then on Friday, we fed the missionaries.  It was a lot of fun.  I made them waffles, eggs, and bacon.  When the elders called to confirm the appointment, I asked what they wanted and one said breakfast and the other didn't care, so I surprised them and actually made breakfast.  It was nice to have them here, and Ashton enjoyed comparing notes with them about the mission.